Etty Hillesum

En un recorrido desde la antigüedad hasta nuestros días, la autora presenta el discurso de filósofos sobre la diferencia sexual, oscilante entre androcentrismo y misoginia, y da voz a mujeres que han tratado de afirmar una perspectiva femenina en la filosofía, desde Hildegarda a María Zambrano, pasando por Margarita Porete, Virginia Woolf, Simone de Beauvoir, Hannah Arendt y Luce Irigaray, entre otras.

En marzo de 1561, durante el carnaval, en la Ferrara de Alfonso II de Este tuvieron lugar dos espectáculos caballerescos espléndidos y muy innovadores: La Gorgoferusa del Monte di Feronia y La Lealtà del Monte di Feronia. La noticia de estas celebraciones efímeras se proyectó en el tiempo y en el espacio gracias a una relación que vio la luz ese mismo año, Il Monte di Feronia nel quale si contengono le cose d’arme fatte in Ferrara nel Carneuale del M.D.LXI (Venecia, Nicolò Beuilacqua), que gozó, además, de tres reediciones (1562, 1566 y 1567). Asimismo, en las prensas venecianas...

"Built on her wildly popular Modern Love column, 'When a Couch is More Than a Couch' (9/23/2016), a breathtaking memoir of living meaningfully with 'death in the room' by the 38 year old great-great-great granddaughter of Ralph Waldo Emerson, mother to two young boys, wife of 16 years, after her terminal cancer diagnosis"--

Tells the story of Cayetano, the patron saint of gamblers and good fortune, who is a special favorite in the working class district of Liniers, northwest of Buenos Aires, where a church in his name is visited by thousands of pilgrims on his Feast Day of August 7 to pray for peace, food, and work.

My dad envies me. I've been an orphan since I was eight months old. Unfortunately, I was mistreated by a bad and envious father, and my whole life has been a torment with him. I will describe, in this book, my father as the person who has done the most harm to me throughout my life, for I have never encountered another person like him. Throughout my life, he has sabotaged my achievements, put me wrong with all the family and friends, and never wanted me to get ahead because he feels less than me. Of course, I have forgiven him for all the evil he has done to me, and I ask God to give him good ...